How are the Patriarchs Militant organized?
The basic element is the local unit – called a Canton – which elects its own officers and governs its own affairs under the provisions of the order’s laws and the supervision of state or provincial officers. The Department is the next level up, and supervises the Cantons or Auxiliaries within a given state, province, or region. Each Department Council, formed of representatives from the Cantons it governs, elects representatives to the international governing body of the Patriarchs Militant – the General Military Council – which has supervision of the entire organization, and reports in turn to the Sovereign Grand Lodge, the supreme international governing body of the order as a whole.
